1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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67 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,993,699
Turnout67.76%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Shanta Kumar.jpg Janata Dal symbol.svg Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg
Leader Shanta Kumar Virbhadra Singh
Party BJP JD INC
Seats before7New58
Seats won46119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg39NewDecrease2.svg49
Popular vote858,518222,542750,885
Percentage41.78%10.83%36.54%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.91%NewDecrease2.svg19.32%
CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

Elected CM

Shanta Kumar
BJP

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990 to elect members of 67 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Shanta Kumar was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second term. [1] [2] The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India. [3]

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Results

India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1990.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bharatiya Janata Party 858,51841.7846Increase2.svg39
Indian National Congress 750,88536.549Decrease2.svg49
Janata Dal 222,54210.8311New
Communist Party of India 42,3932.061Increase2.svg1
Others55,1392.6800
Independents125,4216.101Decrease2.svg1
Total2,054,898100.00680
Valid votes2,054,89899.20
Invalid/blank votes16,6250.80
Total votes2,071,523100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,993,69969.20
Source: ECI [4]

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)		MemberPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NamePartyvote
KinnaurSTThakur Sen Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 17653Gopi Chand Negi Independent 11187
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress 18777Ninzoo Ram Independent 6921
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 27602Satya Dev Bushehari Janata Dal 2976
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam Lal Janata Dal 16209Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 14723
ChopalNoneRadha Raman Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 17124Yogendra Chandra Indian National Congress 7027
KumarsainNoneBhagat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 16078Jai Bihari Lal Khachi Indian National Congress 13892
TheogNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress 15586Keshav Ram Kashyap Janata Dal 14782
SimlaNoneSuresh Bharadwaj Bharatiya Janata Party 12701Rakesh Singha Communist Party of India 6857
KasumptiSCRoop Dass Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 20770Shonkia Ram Kashyap Indian National Congress 7493
ArkiNoneNagin Chander Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 15350Amar Chand Pal Indian National Congress 4352
DoonNoneChaudhary Lajja Ram Janata Dal 13974Lekh Ram Indian National Congress 6485
NalagarhNoneVijayandra Singh Indian National Congress 19774Kehar Singh Janata Dal 13428
KasauliSCSatya Pal Kamboj Bharatiya Janata Party 11333Raghu Raj Indian National Congress 7301
SolanNoneMahender Nath Sofat Bharatiya Janata Party 11882Gian Chand Indian National Congress 9147
PachhadSCGanguram Musafir Indian National Congress 17006Kali Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 11835
RainkaSCRoop Singh Janata Dal 13836Prem Singh Indian National Congress 11147
ShillaiNoneJagat Singh Negi Janata Dal 13375Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress 9907
Paonta DoonNoneFateh Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19750Kush Parmar Indian National Congress 13854
NahanNoneShyama Sharma Janata Dal 15810Ajay Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 8516
KotkehloorNone Krishan Kumar Kaushal Communist Party of India 18437Ramlal Thakur Indian National Congress 12846
BilaspurNoneSadaram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 18309Shiv Ram Indian National Congress 10547
GhumarwinNoneKaramdev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 16336Kashmir Singh Indian National Congress 10843
GeharwinSCRikhi Ram Kondal Bharatiya Janata Party 15784Beeru Ram Kisore Indian National Congress 12833
NadaunNoneNarain Chand Prashar Indian National Congress 12198Babu Ram Mandial Janata Dal 9860
HamirpurNoneJagdev Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 18554Anita Verma Independent 9667
BamsanNoneLashkari Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16450Karam Singh Indian National Congress 7131
MewaSCIshwar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 20832Dharam Singh Indian National Congress 8908
NadauntaNoneRam Rattan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 19626Manjit Singh Indian National Congress 11536
GagretSCSadhu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 17815Kuldip Kumar Indian National Congress 10351
ChintpurniNoneSushma Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 13619Hari Dutt Sharma Indian National Congress 10718
SantokgarhNoneKashmiri Lal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 21240Vijay Kumar Joshi Indian National Congress 12451
UnaNoneDesraj Bharatiya Janata Party 22585Virender Gautam Indian National Congress 14759
KutleharNoneRanjit Singh Janata Dal 15994Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 11988
NurpurNoneKewal Singh Janata Dal 21879Sat Mahajan Indian National Congress 18436
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 20944Girdhari Lal Indian National Congress 7345
JawaliNoneSujan Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 19508Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 17787
GulerNoneHarbans Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 15140Chander Kumar Indian National Congress 12099
JaswanNoneKashmir Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 14155Viplove Thakur Indian National Congress 11036
PragpurSCVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 20197Yog Raj Indian National Congress 11359
JawalamukhiNoneDhani Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 19152Sushil Chand Rattan Indian National Congress 7037
ThuralNoneKanwar Durga Chand Janata Dal 12626Aditya Dev Chand Indian National Congress 5730
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13517Milkh Ram Goma Indian National Congress 7861
BaijnathNoneDulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16371Sant Ram Indian National Congress 12576
PalampurNoneShanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 18012Brij Bihari Lal Indian National Congress 12050
SulahNoneShanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 14930Man Chand Rana Indian National Congress 10664
NagrotaNoneRam Chand Bhatia Bharatiya Janata Party 17346Hardyal Indian National Congress 12489
ShahpurNoneVijai Singh Mankotia Janata Dal 17130Ajit Pal Indian National Congress 12677
DharamsalaNoneKishan Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 18666Mool Raj Padha Indian National Congress 5003
KangraNoneVidya Sagar Bharatiya Janata Party 24729Hari Krishan Chand Indian National Congress 7899
BhattiyatNoneShiv Kumar Janata Dal 15620Kuldip Singh Indian National Congress 8589
BanikhetNoneGandharv Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 11962Asha Kumari Indian National Congress 10464
RajnagarSCMohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 17127Nand Kumar Indian National Congress 9549
ChambaNoneKishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 17938Sagar Chand Indian National Congress 12189
BharmourSTTulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 15727Thakur Singh Indian National Congress 8106
Lahaul And SpitiSTPhunchog Rai Indian National Congress 6533Hishe Dogia Bharatiya Janata Party 5082
BanjarNoneKaran Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 22084Satya Prakash Thakur Indian National Congress 16948
AniSCKhub Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 22407Diwan Singh Indian National Congress 9569
KarsogSCJoginder Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 15855Mansa Ram Indian National Congress 3995
ChachiotNoneMoti Ram Janata Dal 12654Vir Singh Independent 7072
NachanSCDile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16334Tek Chand Indian National Congress 11858
SundernagarNoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 15778Sher Singh Indian National Congress 8641
BalhSCDamodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 24088Piru Ram Indian National Congress 10900
GopalpurNoneLeela Bharatiya Janata Party 17021Rangila Ram Indian National Congress 16581
DharampurNoneMahender Singh Independent 11970Priya Brat Bharatiya Janata Party 8248
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Indian National Congress 15924Rattan Lal Janata Dal 11571
DarangNoneDina Nath Bharatiya Janata Party 18980Kaul Singh Indian National Congress 15699
MandiNoneKanhaiya Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 19732Durga Dutt Thakur Indian National Congress 10842

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References

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  2. ↑ "Biographical Sketch of Member of 13th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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